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- NewScreen... The System.Ini Adapter!
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- J. Dudley Atkinson IV
- 1162 Spruance Road
- Monterey, CA 93940
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- One of the BIG hassles with Windows 3.1 is the way the
- screen modes are changed with the Setup program. On my system
- I like to use four different resolutions depending upon the
- task, so changing them used to mean a lot of useless disk
- swapping at the hands of the Setup program. It seemed futile
- since the files for each configuration had already been copied
- to my hard drive with the initial installation of the
- mode! That is how the idea for saving each system.ini
- was born. Install each configuration you use often, and after
- installing it save the system.ini file as a *.ini file of your
- choice. Repeat for each mode and you have a library of
- system.ini files with different names. Since the needed files
- should have been installed by Windows and nothing in an install
- sequence deletes any files, all you have to do to change the
- mode is to delete the system.ini and copy one of your library
- *.ini to system.ini... Restart Windows and the transition is
- done, without using the Setup program!
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- This program does one step better than that. After you
- have made your library of files, enter them 1-4 in the
- newscren.ini file in the [filenames] section as shown in the
- one shipped with this file. Enter the corresponding
- descriptions for each *.ini 1-4 in the [descriptions] setting.
- Then make sure that you save newscren.ini and bwcc.dll in your
- windows directory, or the program will not properly work. Go
- ahead and try the program after this, since you will be
- prompted after selection before any changes are made to the
- system.ini. It is also a good idea to save a backup of
- system.ini (say system.bak) so that if something unprecedented
- occurs you are OK.
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- If the filename specified is bad, you will be told and
- nothing will happen to the system.ini file. If you specify a
- good filename and decide not to go with it, the program will
- quit with no action. After the system.ini is changed, you will
- be prompted if you want to quit windows; saying yes will still
- allow other windows in the system to end normally and prompt
- for saving data as needed. If you decide to end Windows, the
- Dos prompt will appear and you must restart Windows as you
- normally would.
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- This program works well for me, and I wish you all the
- happiness it can bring you. I abhor sad pleas for cash, but if
- you feel indebted then kindly forward a cool postcard to the
- above address. I can also be reached on a RIME: DRDOS or
- RIME:PASCAL message area most of the time. A letter to the
- above is more likely to get through. I am looking high and low
- for the Windows routine command that will cause this program to
- quit and then AUTOMATICALLY REENTER Windows. If you know that
- method, please forward it to me.
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